Remarks by Ralph Rodriguez
216 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 5 of 9
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“Taking a deeper dive into the budget to see how we can make that happen, if at all possible. And if so, what are we going to have to give up in order to make that happen to keep that rate or to go to the other rate and bringing on the four dispatchers? And if we can, officers, but at minimum the four dispatchers.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Yeah, raising it to the 51-75 and adding the four dispatchers. Okay.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Any other council member would like to say anything different?”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Yeah, I know another way kind of like leading to what Council Member Guerrero is saying is if we can see what we can do to bring more retail in, that definitely helps offset, takes the burden off our taxpayers. But if we're going to be doing that, then we also need to see what we can do to kind of help those businesses get going because I know there's a lot of businesses that have reached out to me that have stated that it's very hard to get things moving and going forward as they're trying to build insurance. So whatever we can do to streamline that, not so much to cut back or give up money,…”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Does no, the council member has any other questions and then we'll go ahead and in the workshop, unless you have one.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Sounds good. We'll go ahead and if there are no other questions, we'll adjourn the meeting at 7-11.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Good afternoon. Welcome this evening. Today is August 18th, 2026. It's 6 p.m. We'll go ahead and get our regular city council meeting in session. If everybody will please rise for the opening prayer and pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States and the state of Texas by council member Westbrook.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Thank you, Council Member Westbrook. We're gonna go ahead and move on to city events, announcements of upcoming city events by our Deputy City Manager, Brian James.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Thank you for those announcements. Moving on to announcements and recognition by our city manager, Steve Williams.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Okay, thank you for those announcements. I have no announcements of recognition, so we're gonna go ahead and move on to hearing of residents. This time is set aside for any person who wishes to address the city council. Each person should fill out the speaker's register prior to the meeting. Presentation should be limited to no more than three minutes. All remarks shall be addressed to the council as a body and not to any individual member thereof. any person making personal, impertinent, or slanderous remarks while addressing the council may be requested to leave the meeting. All handouts…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Thank you. Next up, we have Maggie Titterington with the Church Chamber. Selma and Sybilow Chamber as well.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Thank you. Next up, we have Dana Eldridge.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Thank you. And that will end hearing of the residents. So we're gonna go ahead and move on to the consent agenda. The consent agenda is considered self-explanatory and will be enacted by the council with one motion. There will be no separate discussion on these items unless they are removed from the consent agenda upon the request of the mayor or council member. At this time, do I have any consent agenda items that any council member would like to have removed from the consent agenda?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Okay, we'll remove consent agenda item four, resolution 26-R-090, and resolution 26-R-091, which is item five from the consent agenda. Being the only items removed from the consent agenda, can I get a motion to approve items one, two, three, and six? Motion.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Okay, I have a motion made by Council Member Westbrook. I have a second by Mayor Pro Tem Watson. Can I get everybody to cast their votes, please? Can I get the votes published? Motion passes. Seven yays, no nays. With that said, we'll move on to discussion and action items. And we'll go ahead and start with item four, resolution 26-R-090, approving the SSLGC fiscal year 2026-2027 annual budget and other matters in connection therewith. We'll have Director of Public Works, Larry Bush, speak on that behalf.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Any other questions? Having none, can I get a motion to approve resolution 26-R-090? So moved. Second. Okay, I believe we have a motion made by Council Member Sheridan and second by Mayor Pro Tem Watson. Oh, sorry. Correction, we have a motion made by Council Member Davis, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Watson. Can I get everybody to cast their votes, please? Can I get the votes published? Seven yays, no nays, motion passes.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Now, moving on to resolution 26-R-091, approving the SSLGC fiscal year 2026, 2027 water rates, and other matters in connection therewith. Director of Public Works, Larry Bush.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Okay, I got a motion by Council Member Sheridan, seconded by Council Member Westbrook to approve resolution 26-R-091. Can I get everybody to cast their votes, please? Can I get the votes published? Having seven yeas, no nays, motion passes. Thank you all very much. Moving on to discussion and action items. Resolution 26-R-076, establishing a legislative platform and priorities for the 90th legislative session in Texas. We have Director of Public Affairs, Crystal Haynes.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“All right, thank you. Any other questions by any council member? You have a question?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Any other questions? If we don't have any other questions, can I get a motion?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Any council member have any questions? Having none, can I get a motion?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Okay, we have a motion made by Councilmember Davis, second by Mayor Pro Tem Watson. Can I get everybody to cast their votes, please? Can I get the votes published? Having seven yeas, no nays, motion passes. Thank you. All right, moving on to item 10. Accepting the City of Church Comprehensive Economic Development Strategic Plan, we have our Interim Director of Economic Development, Amy Madison.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Can you put slide 24 back up, please? There you go. Thank you. So as you're looking to set the tax rate, this is kind of what we're looking at. So if we set the tax rate at the current rate, know that we will bring in less money than what we brought in this fiscal year. And so if we're looking to try and maintain what we have and then we need to look at the no new revenue proposed rate, which is 0.5296, just to bring in the same money. And so the voter approval rate is 0.5593. If we set it at that, it does not mean that we have to adopt that. When we go to adopt the rate, we can set it much…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026